In the grim darkness of the far future

Commander / EDH Miracle Sacrifice Tokens WUB (Esper)

MrHighscore

Land (36)

• 1x Arcane Sanctum
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Drowned Catacomb
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 1x Fetid Heath
• 1x Flooded Strand
• 1x Glacial Fortress
• 1x Godless Shrine
• 1x Hallowed Fountain
• 3x Island
• 1x Isolated Chapel
• 1x Mana Confluence
• 1x Marsh Flats
• 1x Maze of Ith
• 1x Mystic Gate
• 1x Path of Ancestry
• 7x Plains
• 1x Polluted Delta
• 1x Prairie Stream
• 1x Raffine's Tower
• 1x Sunken Hollow
• 3x Swamp
• 1x Temple of the False God
• 1x Terramorphic Expanse
• 1x Treasure Vault
• 1x Watery Grave

Utility (5)

• 1x Clever Impersonator
• 1x Rings of Brighthearth
• 1x Scroll Rack
• 1x Sensei's Divining Top
• 1x Training Grounds

Win conditions (4)

• 1x Bastion of Remembrance
• 1x Laboratory Maniac
• 1x Revel in Riches
• 1x Zulaport Cutthroat

Ramp (17)

• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Ashnod's Altar
• 1x Basalt Monolith
• 1x Chromatic Lantern
• 1x Coalition Relic
• 1x Doubling Cube
• 1x Fellwar Stone
• 1x Gilded Lotus
• 1x Phyrexian Altar
• 1x Pitiless Plunderer
• 1x Replicating Ring
• 1x Skyclave Relic
• 1x Smothering Tithe
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x The Golden Throne
• 1x Thought Vessel
• 1x Ur-Golem's Eye

Control (8)

• 1x Anguished Unmaking
• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Detention Sphere
• 1x Mana Drain
• 1x Martial Coup
• 1x Oblivion Ring
• 1x Swan Song
• 1x Swords to Plowshares

Tutors (6)

• 1x Academy Rector
• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Enlightened Tutor
• 1x Idyllic Tutor
• 1x Mystical Tutor
• 1x Vampiric Tutor

Doublers (2)

• 1x Anointed Procession
• 1x Mondrak, Glory Dominus

Commander (1)

Tokens (9)

• 1x Decree of Justice
• 1x Defenders of Humanity
• 1x Entreat the Angels
• 1x Grand Crescendo
• 1x Increasing Devotion
• 1x Sicarian Infiltrator
• 1x Space Marine Devastator
• 1x Ultramarines Honour Guard
• 1x Zephyrim

Protection (8)

• 1x Bastion Protector
• 1x Ghostly Prison
• 1x Greater Auramancy
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Propaganda
• 1x Sphere of Safety
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots
• 1x Vexilus Praetor

Card advantage / recursion (4)

• 1x Land Tax
• 1x Marshal's Anthem
• 1x Phyrexian Arena
• 1x Rhystic Study

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Other (8)

• 1x Ancient Tomb
• 1x Beseech the Queen
• 1x Collective Restraint
• 1x Forbid
• 1x Hanna, Ship's Navigator
• 1x Mana Crypt
• 1x Mirkwood Bats
• 1x Profane Tutor

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In the grim darkness of the far future there is only war!

Enter the vast and brutal world of Warhammer 40,000, where the Imperium of Man reigns supreme across the galaxy. With a million human settled planets under their control, the Imperium's advanced technology and violent solutions have proven effective time and time again. In this world, life is cheap, and soldiers are merely numbers in a resourceful war machine.

My Marneus Calgar Commander deck embodies the Imperium's approach with scalable token generators, expected sacrifices, and high tech (enchantments) to buff our armies. Card advantage and ramp represent the boundless resources of the Imperium, though they may take time to arrive. Join me as we attack in numbers

Without further ado, this is how my Marneus Calgar deck has been designed:

• Lots of scalable token generators with useful effects! We attack in numbers!.. and we profit, especially from the great sacrifices.
• Sacrifices is expected, it is the Imperium after all, life is cheap!
• Enchantments to buff and protect the forces of the imperium!
• Boundless resources! They just take time to arrive...
• 5 distinct win conditions, all depending on tokens:
  • Swarm them with the might of the imperium's meat grinder
  • Force them to submission with tokens and Bastion of Remembrance.
  • Force them to submission with tokens and Zulaport Cutthroat
  • Force of economy! Revel in Riches will show them that there can be only one true emperor of man!
  • Show your might! Draw the last card +1 of your deck and enjoy the win from Laboratory Maniac.

Noteworhty interactions

• Anointed Procession and Mondrak, Glory Dominus doubles our tokens. Center piece to get with tutors! Copy Anointed Procession with Clever Impersonator
• Infinites (note that Marneus Calgar draws the deck in these combos, so we need colored mana enough to play 1 win condition):
  • Ashnod's Altar + Training Grounds + Marneus Calgar + Win condition: Win
  • Ashnod's Altar + Anointed Procession | Mondrak, Glory Dominus + Marneus Calgar + Win condition: Win
  • Ashnod's Altar + Rings of Brighthearth + Marneus Calgar + Win condition: Win
  • Phyrexian Altar + Training Grounds + Marneus Calgar + Anointed Procession | Mondrak, Glory Dominus + Win condition: Win
  • Rings of Brighthearth + Basalt Monolith : Infinite Mana
  • Rings of Brighthearth + Basalt Monolith + Marneus Calgar + Win condition: Win
• Marsh Flats, Flooded Strand, Polluted Delta, Terramorphic Expanse, and Evolving Wilds fetches me the most needed land, thins the deck, and enables reshuffles when needed after Scroll Rack or Sensei's Divining Top
• Academy Rector, Englightend tutor, Mystical Tutor, Vampiric Tutor, Demonic Tuotor and Idyllic Tutor makes deck more consistent, for getting good stuff on the table, and secondary getting the card we need for the situation. Great reshuffle abusers when we know the top of the deck is not what we want.
• Lots of mana stones for ramp, fixing, and getting the most out of the {X} spells. Replicating Ring and Skyclave Relic plays nice with Anointed Procession and Mondrak, Glory Dominus
• Heavy on control and defense mechanisms.
• (Ashnod's Altar | Anointed Procession) & Mondrak, Glory Dominus : Infinite mana colorless mana + Infinite Creatures + Infinite draw. Pick your win condition.

Design choices

• Preference for Enchantments
• Preference for tutors and filters over diversity (if we drop 6 tutors and 4 filters, we can get a lot more flavor in the mix, but for now I'll value consistency)
• Redundancy and flexibility preferred over raw might.

Deep dive per cateogry

Token creation

• Anointed Procession & Mondrak, Glory Dominus... let's create double or quadruple the amount of tokens, right?.. right?
• Martial Coup create a lot of useful tokens while wiping the board!
• Increasing Devotion 5 for 5 or 9 for 10 tokens (play it twice, thank you). or 10/20... or 20/40 yeah it's fun, if it happens :D
• Entreat the Angels kind of ineffective when not played with miracle. when above 9 mana, it's pretty good as is. Sensei's Divining Top, and Scroll Rack can help set it up.
• Grand Crescendo Can be used for face value, or can be used to protect my board state from a board wipe
• Decree of Justice Slightly worse than Entreat the angles when above 9 mana. Cycling scenario is fine early mid game.
• Zephyrim can be played for standard price in a pickle, but quickly becomes quite valuable, say past 7 mana. Enabled by same support tools as Entreat the Angels
• Ultramarines Honour Guard can be played for standard price in a pickle, but quickly becomes viable, say past 7 mana. Also anthem
• Space Marine Devastator can be played for standard price in a pickle, but quickly becomes viable, say past 7 mana. Also control.
• Sicarian Infiltrator can be played for standard price in a pickle, but quickly becomes viable, say past 7 mana. Also card advantage.
• Defenders of Humanity worth it since it can be used twice, and will support Sphere of Safety between usages.

Doublers

• Anointed Procession
• Mondrak, Glory Dominus
• Clever Impersonator

Win conditions

• Laboratory Maniac Kinda needed when going infinite with Marneus Calgar
• Zulaport Cutthroat auto include vs and with board wipes. Great with Ashnod's Altar both as added bonus and win condition.
• Bastion of Remembrance auto include vs and with board wipes. Great with Ashnod's Altar both as added bonus and win condition.
• Revel in Riches works great with Anointed Procession & Mondrak, Glory Dominus, and provides some nasty board interaction, since people can't afford to loose creatures. Treasure Vault and Smothering Tithe can prepare or execute the win even faster. Unreliable since it have to stay on the board for a turn. Greater Auramancy may be of help here.

Card advantage / recursion

• Sicarian Infiltrator instant card advantage, especially when created as squad
• Rhystic Study we're playing blue. We play Rhystic Study
• Marshal's Anthem Kick it and bring back good stuff from the graveyard, say Mondrak, Glory Dominus or Zephyrim
• Land Tax Card advantage and land filter. What's not to like.

Control

• Counterspell for protecting key interactions
• Mana Drain for protecting key interactions
• Swan Song for protecting key interactions
• Anguished Unmaking flexible removal of problematic permanents.
• Detention Sphere flexible removal that plays well with enchantment tutors and Sphere of Safety
• Oblivion Ring flexible removal that plays well with enchantment tutors and Sphere of Safety
• Martial Coup selective board wipe. Everything but my solder tokens goes Kansas bye bye
• Space Marine Devastator gets rid of that/those pesky artifacts and enchantments.
• Swords to Plowshares some creatures should just be away from the board asap.

Protection

• Vexilus Praetor We really want Marneus Calgar on the table and well
• Bastion Protector We really want Marneus Calgar on the table and well
• Swiftfoot Boots We really want Marneus Calgar on the table and well
• Lightning Greaves We really want Marneus Calgar on the table and well
• Sphere of Safety very good when going heavy on enchantments. Kinda slow though.
• Ghostly Prison starts out stronger than a lone Sphere of Safety, but good enough. Works well with Sphere of Safety
• Propaganda starts out stronger than a lone Sphere of Safety, but good enough. Works well with Sphere of Safety
• Greater Auramancy we have a lot of enchantments to protect

Ramp / fixing

• Arcane Signet pretty decent for 2 mana -> manafixing
• Ashnod's Altar will allow for ramp when needed & enables winning combo
• Basalt Monolith will go infinite with Rings of Brighthearth
• Chromatic Lantern allows my utility lands to do mana. Gives mana fixing
• Coalition Relic Mana fixing rock, with potential small battery
• Doubling Cube Mana is good! Lots of mana is better!
• Gilded Lotus I guess it's okay to have some heavy mana boost in a deck that needs it?
• Phyrexian Altar enables some infinite combos
• Pitiless Plunderer enables win condition (Revel in Riches) and provides ramp
• Replicating Ring Mainly thematic. Fine fixer, but if we ever get those tokens they can be doubled or quadrupled.
• Skyclave Relic Indestructible and plays nice with our doublers
• Smothering Tithe enables win condition (Revel in Riches) and provides ramp while annoying the opponent with tax choice
• Sol Ring we play Commander. We play Sol Ring
• The Golden Throne No empire without the emperor. Kinda situational, but we should have those tokens covered.
• Thought Vessel cheap, and allows us to keep all the drawn cards

Tutors

They prune your deck and gives you the answer you want. What's not to like. Makes Anointed Procession adn Mondrak, Glory Dominus more consistent, but takes up space for fun cards.

• Academy Rector We're doing enchantments. Let's get Anointed Procession or whatever we need.
• Enlightened Tutor Artefacts or enchantments to the top is almost as good a s to the hand..
• Mystical Tutor Plenty of instants or sorceries to fetch. Many that are key (control or token generators). First one to cut if I must
• Demonic Tutor The golden standard for tutors.
• Vampiric Tutor Almost as good (in some cases better) than Demonic Tutor. It's a tutor. It's cheap.
• Idyllic Tutor Slightly expensive cost, but enables Anointed Procession or other goodies.
• Ur-Golem's Eye as replacement for Ancient Tomb
• Fellwar Stone as replacement for Mana Crypt

Utility

• Clever Impersonator backup for Anointed Procession
• Rings of Brighthearth enables infinite mana, and is nice with Marneus Calgar alone
• Scroll Rack find the right cards faster
• Sensei's Divining Top find the right cards faster
• Training Grounds makes Marneus Calgar token ability cheaper, enabling other combos. That's pretty much it. Did I mention Marneus Calgar is important?

Lands

Not much to say about this. Used what I had in stock, as with the rest of the deck. Tried to ensure consistency as well as possible, but mana base is a bit on the weak side. Fetches should go straight for Raffine's Tower unless here and now gratification is needed. Temple of the False God can be fine, but time will tell. Right now, mana base feels a bit brittle, though amount of identity color generating lands is fairly comfortable. Not sure I should keep Maze of Ith in there. Can be nice in certain situations, but most of the time it's just meh.

Maybe nice to add - Argivian Find is an extra life for Anointed Procession

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Date added	10 months
Last updated	8 months
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	11 - 0 Mythic Rares 49 - 0 Rares 20 - 0 Uncommons 7 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.88
Tokens	Angel 4/4 W, Astartes Warrior 2/2 W, Bird 2/2 U, Citizen 1/1 GW, Copy Clone, Human 1/1 W, Human Soldier 1/1 W, Replicated Ring, Sicarian Infiltrator 1/2 U, Soldier 1/1 W, Space Marine Devastator 3/3 W, Treasure, Ultramarines Honour Guard 2/2 W, Zephyrim 3/3 W
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